Detachable hose supporter



Jan, 12, 1932. H. D. ROSE 1,840,793

DETACHABLE HOSE SUPPORTER Filed May 17, 1930 i lllllllll lllllllllllllllmmmnnlnmwa Ell!!!l llllllllfi WITNESS IIVVENTOR b92049} 7805:: 7 MW BY ATTORNE VS Patented Jan. 12, 1932 UNITE-STATES ransom) PATIENTTWEE] D.:aosn, or VALLEY STREAM, ivnwxonx, essranon ro MODEL assassinate co. INCOF'BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK nnrAoHABLn HOSE surronrnn" I Application filed May 17 of attaching the garter to the garmentwhich will permit its easy removal when, for example, the garment isprepared for laundering. A further object of the invention is to providea construction of means of attachment of a garter to the garment whichwill ment to which the garter is to be detachably garment have no suchloop the-hook maystill properly distribute the strain and minimize thepossibility. of the detachable elements injuring the portions of thefabric with which they are detachably associated.

Specific embodiments of my invention are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation illustrating the preferred modification of myinvention in which a garter is attached to a fabric loop depending fromthe lower portion of the garment;

Fig. 2 is a section along the line 22 of Fig. 1 when the garter is undertension;

Fig. 3 is a view of the reverse side of the structure illustrated inFig. 1 with a portion only of the garter being shown;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the invention in a modified form of itspossible uses; and

Fig. 5 illustrates the hook used to attach the garter to the garment inaccordance with my invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which similar referencecharacters identify similar parts in the several views, and particularlydescribing the modification shown in Figs. 1 to 3, 10 is a piece offabric representing the lower portion of the garsecured. A loop 11extends from said lower portion of the garment and has a straight lowerinner edge 12 with which the long straight terminal edge 13 of the hook14, preferably of metal, comes into contact when the garter is undertension, in use. The loop 11 is provided, on one side, with an aperture15 finished into a buttonhole by stitching. The relatively narrow neckportion 16 of the hook has a bend of approximately 180 therein so thatit is virtually bent back upon itself near one end and is associated atits other end with 1930. s r arivo. 453,169.

the slotted horizontal element 17 whereby the garter 18 of thewell-known elastic type is suspended. The bottom portion of the loop 11may be reinforced by a doubling over of the fabric forming one of itssides as at19Q. Such doubling over of the fabric whenused at the pointofits attachment to the garment as at 20 also gives areinforcedconstruction at this point. v

Thehook 14 is providedwith'laterally extended terminal portions (flangesor wings)- 21,22 adapted to'form'the required interlock between saidhook and the loop 11 when the former is inserted into the buttonhole insaid loop. The terminal portions 21, 22, extending into the loopon-eachside of the point of entry of theneckportion 16 intosaid loop serve torelieve the stress ordinarily applied atthe 'lowermost point of thebuttonhole and dis- I tribute such stress overthe entire lower inneredge of the loop. The strain c'ausingtearing or ripping of thebuttonhole is thus elimi-' nated'. When the garter is not under strain,as in assembling the garment prior to putting it on, the hook may swingfreely from the lower part of the buttonhole, without receiving supportfrom the-lower'eclge of the loop, though such lower loop edge will inthat situation form a stop for the wings 21, 22 during any swingingmovement, thereby serving to prevent the hook from escaping from thebuttonhole./- The particularity of this construction is such that,except when there is a deliberate intention to remove the garter 18, for'instance, preparatory to laundering,'the garter remains securelyassociated with the garment even under carelesshandling of the garment;In case the loop 11 should be torn or the hole formed in theQfabriCconstituting the.

lower portion of the garment, for example, preferably at a seamedportion of the garment. While in this modified use 'all'of theadvantages intended tobe derived from'the i 100 novel shape ofthe hookarenot achieved, the

extended terminal portions 21, Q2 of the hook will form the requiredinterlock. Such buttonhole on the seamed portions of the garment may beprovided for emergency use should the loop 11 of my preferred embodimentbe torn or loosened from the garment to which it is attached.

It is to be noted that with the embodiment of my invention illustratedin Figs. 1 to 3, as the wearer moves, the long terminal edge of the hookcauses the movement to be translated through its straight edge portion13 to the lower inner straight edge 12 of the fabric constituting theloop, thus distributing the strain over an extended strip of fabricrather than at a particular point as would be the case if the hook weresupported at its narrow portion. The straight edge 13 need notnecessarily be a continuous edge but so long as it has straight edgeportions parallel with the lower part of the loop, it will represent anembodiment of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a detachable garter construction for use in connection withcorsets and similar garments, the combination of a loop structure fromwhich the garter is suspended and comprising two plies of fabric unitedat the bottom to form a pocket, one of said plies provided with anaperture beginning above the bottom of said pocket, and a rigid garteranchoring member adapted to engage such loop and comprising in itsnormal operative position a garter fabric engaging portion which extendshorizontally, a relatively narrow neck portion which extends verticallyfrom said garter fabric engaging portion, said neck portion being benthorizontally transversely to the vertical plane of the garter engagingportion, and also downwardly in the form of a hook, and wings extendinglaterally from the free end of such neck portion and providing anextended straight under edge, said hook being so dimensioned that whenit is in position within said loop, the whole of said under edge thereofrests upon the bottom of said pocket, whereby the pressure exerted uponthe hook is distributed over a relatively large area when such hook isinterlocked with the loop.

2. In a detachable garter construction for use in connection withcorsets and similar garments, the combination of a loop structure fromwhich the garter is suspended and comprising two plies of fabric unitedat the bottom to form a pocket, one of said plies provided with anaperture beginning above the bottom of said pocket, and a garter-fabricengaging element and a hook member for connecting said element and loopand adapted detachably to engage said loop to suspend the gartertherefrom, said hook member, in the normal operative position thereof,comprising a neck portion which extends vertically, a horizontal portionand a downwardly extendloop.

HAROLD D. ROSE.

